Re: IPv6 and CDN's

["Oliver O'Boyle" <oliver.oboyle () gmail com>]

On Fri., Nov. 26, 2021, 19:41 Michael Thomas, <mike () mtcc com> wrote:

> On 11/26/21 4:39 PM, Jean St-Laurent wrote:
>
> But CFOs like monetization. Was that thread about IPv6 or CFO?
>
>
> Amazon's in this case. They are monetizing their lack of v6 support
> requiring you go through all kinds of expensive hoops instead of doing the
> obvious and routing v6 packets.

They're getting better at it, at least. They also recently added v6 support
in their NLBs and you can get a /56 for every VPC for direct access. I
don't think they offer BYO v6 yet, as they do for v4, but it will come.


Mike
> *From:* Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com> <mike () mtcc com>
> *Sent:* November 26, 2021 7:37 PM
> *To:* Oliver O'Boyle <oliver.oboyle () gmail com> <oliver.oboyle () gmail com>
> *Cc:* Jean St-Laurent <jean () ddostest me> <jean () ddostest me>; Ca By
> <cb.list6 () gmail com> <cb.list6 () gmail com>; North American Network
> Operators' Group <nanog () nanog org> <nanog () nanog org>
> *Subject:* Re: IPv6 and CDN's
>
>
>
> That's a start, I guess. Before all they had was some weird VPN something
> or other. Let me guess though: they are monetizing their market failure.